Lace-curtain, drapery, and shade support.



E. F. FARRELL.

LACE CURTAIN, DRAPERY, AND SHADE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25.1916.

1','186,979. Patented June '13, 1916.

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E. F. FARRELL. LA'CE CURTAIN, DRAPERY; AND SHADE SUPPORT. APPLICATIONman FEB. 25. 1916. 1,1 86,979. Patented June 13, 1916.

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' and it consists ERNEST r. FARRELL, or S'JLVLOUIS,

LACE-CURTA N, DRAPER-Y, AND SHADE SUPPORT.

MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'June 13, 1916.

Application filed February 25, 1916. Serial No.80,424.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, ERNEST F: FARRELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Lace-Curtain, Drapery, and Shade Supports, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. Y

My invention has relation to improvements in lace curtain and shadesupports;

in the novel features of construction more'fully set forth in thespecification and pointed out in the claims.

The object of myinvention is to provide a support for lace curtains,draperies and shades in a single structure, the whole being capable ofbeing so mounted on the window frame as to afford access to the windowsat any time.

A further object is to provide a support which may be removed or placedback on the window frame without the necessity of a step-ladder; onewhich may be installed on either side-of a window frame; one which maybe readily manipulated, and one possessing further and other. advantagesbetter apparent from the following detailed description in connectionwith the accompanying drawings'in which- Figure 1 represents an insideelevation of a window and its frame broken at the middle showing myinvention applied thereto and in normal position; Fig. 2 is asideelevation of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with lacecurtain and drapery swung outwardly to expose the window; Fig. 1 is atop plan of the device broken in the middle with parts in normalposition; Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 4; Fig.(broken in the-middle); Fig. 7 is an end view of Fig. 4 looking towardthe left; and Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional detail on the line 88 ofFig. 4. c

Referring to the drawings, F, represents a conventional window frame andS, S, the lower and upper window sashes as well understood in the art.Secured to one side of the frame at a convenient point is a plate 1provided with a bracket or stem 2 the outer terminal of which isscrew-threaded.

Over the screw-threaded end of the stem is adjusted to bring 1ts axisinto a vertical assed a socket 8 which can be carefully 6 is anelevation of Fig. 1

their adjusted position plane, the socket being clamped in its ad ustedposition by a lock-nut 4 mounted on the threaded portion of the stem 2.The socket or hollow bearing 3 is adapted to recelve a sleeve or hollowspindle 5 which termlnates at its upper end in a head 6 adapted to restagainst or engage the upper end of the socket, the head 6 being providedvwith a diametrically disposed groove or recess a. Obviously, thespindle 5 may be ro- .tatably adjusted in its socket 3 so as to bringthe longitudinal axis of the groove a at right angles to the plane ofthe window frame or of the wall carrying said frame, the spindle afteradjustment being setscrewed in position by a screw 7 operating throughthewall of the-socket 3.

lnsertiblethrough the bore of the sleeve or spindle 5 is a stem 8 saidstem being carried by or secured to, the head or polygonal terminal 9 ofan arm or bracket 10, the cross-section of the head 9 being such as tobe received by the depression or groove 11 when the stem 8 is insertedinto the sleeve 5.- In this way the bracket 10 becomes coupled to thegrooved head 6, and since the axis of the groove is carefully adjustedat right angles to the window frame it fol- .lows that the bracket 10vwill project in a To pretrue perpendicular to said frame. ventaccidental upward'displacement of the bracket 10 when once locked'to thehead 6, I mount a flexed spring 11 on the set screw"? as shown, and whenthe screw is driven home to hold the sleeve 5 against rotation, it atthe same time forces the lower free end .of the spring against, andcauses it to bite into, the projecting portion of the stem 8, thuspreventing withdrawal of the stem and consequent lifting of the head 9out of its groove a.

Passed over the bracket 10 and setscrewed thereto by a screw 12 near thebaseof thejhead 9 is the enlarged terminal 13 of a rod or bar 14, whichis held rigidly to the bracket 10 in a horizontal position, said rodbeing provided with adjustable depending brackets 15, 15, between whichmay be supported the roller R of the conventional roller shade C Wellunderstood in the art. The brackets may be clamped to the rod 14 in byscrews 16. The be termed as the shade supbracket, the base 13 thereofwith a depending screw-stem to presently appear- The member 14 mayporting rod or being provided 17 for a purpose outer end of the stem orbracket is screwthreaded, said end, having coupled thereto the upperterminal head 18 of a depending base of which its juncture with thespindle 20) is receiv-- adjusted to the recess at once adjusted, the.head support therefor means of a bracket 26 fastened to the window framepoint to'serve its purpose;

'onal brace 21 p I .to pass over the lower screw-threaded prospacedproperly therefrom. Since the tube or bearing 19 the bore of which istraversed by the terminal vertical spindle or stem 20 of a horizontalarm or rod 21 the (that is, the portion adjacent able in a diametricallydisposed groove or recess a" in thehead 18, which in practice is bringthe longitudinal axis of right angles to the stem 10, or parallel to theplane ofthe window. When 18 is clamped in position by a lock-nut 22 onthe threaded portion of the stem 10. Formed integrally with and bentfrom'therod 21 is the diagwhose free end is perforated jecting terminalof the spindle 20, a lock nut 23 securing the parts in place. The member21 serves as a lace-curtain support.

Secured to the member 21 by means of any conventional form of clamps orstraps 24; (not necessary to describe in detail) drapery-supporting rod25, the same being is a and free end of the shade supporting rod 14 isnot braced as is the member 21, I provide a disposed parallel to themember 21 at the proper 7 It was stated above that the bite of thespring 11 against'thestem 8 prevents accij dental upward displacement,of said stem of friction between the parts 8 and 11 is not i 40Suificientto prevent lifting of the stem 8 out "Accordingly,aistep-ladder when occasion arises to take and. consequent'dislod'gmentof the head 9 the-bracket 10 out of its groove a. The

of its sleeve 5' if sufiicient force be applied. and to avoid thenecessity of down the support, I provide a stick or handle H, with aterminal interiorly screwthreaded socket j which I screw over thescrew-stem 17 depending from the base 13 g of the shade-supporting rod,and then by exerted in an upward directionfI-can lift the pin or stem 8out of its sleeve 5, and the head 9 out of its groove {a and thus liftand remove the entire fixture (with the exception of the bracket 2withfit's socket 3, sleeve 5. and spring 11) from its mounting (dottedshowing 7) jthestem 8 back into its sleeve that the head 9 of thebracket .10 reenters time desired, the portion "carrying the lacecurtain L permitting the ready removal'of soiled curtains, shades anddraperies and the placing of corresponding clean oneson the fixture.

To fireplace the fixture the operator drops 5, taking care the groove aof the sleeve-head 6.

Should access to the windows be at any of the fixture and drapery Dsocket 3, sleeve 5,

lowing manner: The operator can readily screw the stick H to the lowerscrewthreaded terminal of the spindle 20 (Fig. 6) and lift said spindlesufiiciently to raise the rod 21 out of its groove a in the head 18,thus leaving the spindle (with its rods 21 and 25) free to be swungoutwardly one hundred and eighty degrees, when upon lowering thespindle, the rod 21 will reengage the groove a leaving the swingingportion of the fixture with its lace curtain and draperies openedoutward against the wall on either side of the window frame, thusleaving the windows accessible for washing, cleaning or any otherpurpose. The parts may be swung back into position as clearly obviousfrom the drawings. The stick H when not in use is kept out of sight orin any convenient and handy place.

It is clear from the foregoing that the head 18 and the manner ofassembling of the parts with which these members are identified, allowfor all necessary vertical and horizontal adjustments to cause an evenhanging of the shades, curtains, and draperies. I may of course departin a measure from the details herein without affecting the nature orspirit of my invention.

Having claim is:

1. In a fixture of the character described, a suitable supportingmember, a vertically rotatable socket carried thereby, a horizontallyrotatable member mounted in the socket, an arm leading from said memberand detachable therefrom, a tubular member at the outer end of said arm,an oscil lating curtain-supporting arm provided with a spindle mountedrotatably in said tubular member, and means on the tubular member forlocking the curtain-supporting arm against movement when swung oppositeto, or away from the window.

2. In a fixture of the character'described, a member supported at afixed point and adjustable in horizontal and vertical planes aboutsaidpoint of support, a horizontally oscillating curtain-supporting armleading from said member at a point removed from the point of support ofthe member, said arm being free to be moved bodily in a verticaldirection, and means adjacent the axis of oscillation of the arm forlocking said arm when in its lowest position and permitting freeoscillation thereof when raised a suitable distance from its lockedposition.

3. In a fixture of the character described, a bracket secured to theside of a window frame, a vertically rotatable socket at the free end ofsaid bracket, a horizontally rotatable sleeve mounted in the socket, anenlarged head on the sleeve engaging the upper end of the socket "andprovided with described my invention what I a diametrically disposedgroove or recess, an arm having one end engaging said recess andprovided with a stem passed through the bore of the rotatable sleeve,independent means for locking the socket and sleeve respectively intheir adjusted positions, a shade-supporting rod set-screwed to the armadjacent the terminal engaging the recess aforesaid, the opposite end ofthe arm being screw-threaded, a tubular bearing terminating at its upperend in a diametrically grooved or recessed head secured to saidscrew-threaded end of the arm aforesaid, a horizontally swingingcurtain-supporting rod adapted to engage the groove of the lastmentioned head and provided with a vertical spindle loosely traversingthe bore of the tubular bearing, and having a lower screwthreadedterminal projecting beyond the bearing, a diagonal brace member leadingfrom the spindle at a point below the tubular bearing to the outer endof the rod, a drapery rod secured to the curtain-support Copies 01' thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the ing rod,the arm engaging the recess of the rotatable sleeve and its stemaforesaid being liftable'out of the sleeve and recess, and the swingingcurtain-supporting rod being liftable out of the recess of the terminalhead of the tubular bearing supporting the spindle of said rod. 7

4. In a fixture of the character described, a suitable supportingmember, a vertically rotatable socket carried thereby, a horizontallyarm leading outwardly from said member and detachable therefrom, and ahorizontally oscillating curtain-supporting arm rotatable member in saidsocket, an

mounted at the outer free end of the first mentioned arm.

In testlmony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST F. FARRELL.

Witnesses:

EMiL STAREK, G. H. GALLON.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

